Jeff and Kaizen managed to get close enough to overhear the thieves' muttering. They were theorizing about what might have happened to the archer who fell from the tree.
This is the perfect time. Kaizen concluded, immediately motioning with his fingers for Jeff to distract the thieves so that he could take advantage of the distraction.
Jeff thought for a moment about what to do. He knew how strong he was physically, but he also knew that his greatest specialty was magic, so it would be stupid to expose himself just to distract them. In this case, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in the direction of the underbrush. When the stone fell on some, it shook a bush and made enough noise to attract the attention of the nomadic thieves.
